1929 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

The 1929 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1929 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Teachers competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Chick Evans and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus.

1929 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1929 record6–1–1 (4–1–1 IIAC)
Head coachChick Evans (1st season)
Home stadiumGlidden Field
(Capacity: 5,500)
1929 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Knox (IL) + 5 0 0  7 1 0
Lombard + 3 0 0  6 1 1
Millikin 5 1 0  7 1 0
Eastern Illinois 5 1 0  6 1 0
Monmouth (IL) 5 1 0  5 4 0
Northern Illinois State 4 1 1  6 1 1
Illinois Wesleyan 5 2 0  5 3 0
Elmhurst 2 1 0  8 1 0
Southern Illinois 4 2 0  7 2 0
Bradley 4 2 0  6 3 0
Shurtleff 3 2 0  5 3 0
Carthage 2 2 1  4 3 1
Eureka 3 3 2  3 3 2
Illinois College 3 3 0  4 4 0
Augustana (IL) 3 3 1  3 4 1
North Central * 2 4 1  3 5 1
Lake Forest 1 2 0  2 5 0
McKendree 1 4 0  4 6 0
Wheaton (IL) 1 4 1  2 6 1
Illinois State 1 5 2  1 5 2
St. Viator 0 6 1  0 7 1
Mount Morris 0 6 0  2 6 0
Western Illinois 0 7 0  0 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • * – North Central finished the season 6–0–1 in conference play, but forfeited their share of the title and four wins, over Lake Forest, Augustana, Carthage, and Monmouth, because of an ineligible player.
    † – Western Illinois finished the season 3–4 in conference play, but forfeited three wins, over Shurtleff, Augustana, and Illinois State, because of an ineligible player.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28LaSalle-Peru JC*W 12–0
October 5at North CentralNaperville, ILT 6–6
October 12at ElmhurstElmhurst, ILW 14–0
October 19Mount Morris
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 26–0
October 26at ShurtleffAlton, ILL 0–6
November 2at Valparaiso*W 34–0
November 9at Illinois StateNormal, ILW 12–6
November 16Wheaton (IL)
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 20–6
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: George "Chick" Evans, 1929". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
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